Police activated their emergency lights, and performed a traffic stop on the vehicle. The driver supplied a positive roadside breath sample and was conveyed to City Police Station to undergo a full breath analysis.

He returned a Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) of 0.122, two and a half times the legal limit for a full ACT licence holder. The man’s licence was immediately suspended.

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About 2am the following day (Wednesday, 14 August) police observed the man return to the maroon Ford Falcon on a bicycle, place the bicycle in the boot of the vehicle and drive away. Police again stopped the driver, who returned another positive roadside breath sample and was taken to City Police Station for further analysis.

He returned a Blood Alcohol Concentration reading of 0.070. As his licence was earlier suspended, the applicable blood alcohol limit was zero.

He will face court on September 27 charged with multiple traffic offences.

Clearly the deterrant of having their car taken away and crushed is not enough of a deterrant for idiots like this. Might I suggest a new strategy? Crush the driver.

Okay, more realistically, don’t let them out of the lockup until they are sobre. This is happening too often.

Oh, and excellent work for the police who obviously correctly figured the driver would try drive their car off and took sensible precautions to catch the repeat offender in the act. I am sure the offender won’t be able to argue that it was their first time or that they won’t do it again. I think the police’s actions should ensure the offender is removed from our streets for a while.

Agreed. Whilst I appreciate alcoholism is a serious problem (presuming this is a driving factor here, apart from stupidity and sociopathy) at the end of the day I can’t help thinking that a person under these circumstances should be placed in remand until such time as they have their case heard before the court.

I don’t get how in the 21st century we still have people who seem to think it is an acceptable risk to drink and drive.

Clearly the deterrant of having their car taken away and crushed is not enough of a deterrant for idiots like this….

Of course not, it was only a Ford Falcon.

He returned a Blood Alcohol Concentration reading of 0.070. As his licence was earlier suspended, the applicable blood alcohol limit was zero.
Pardon my ignorance in all things drink-driving, but isn’t his BAC reading a little irrelevant since he was driving when his licence had been suspended?

Clearly the deterrant of having their car taken away and crushed is not enough of a deterrant for idiots like this. Might I suggest a new strategy? Crush the driver.

Okay, more realistically, don’t let them out of the lockup until they are sobre. This is happening too often.

Oh, and excellent work for the police who obviously correctly figured the driver would try drive their car off and took sensible precautions to catch the repeat offender in the act. I am sure the offender won’t be able to argue that it was their first time or that they won’t do it again. I think the police’s actions should ensure the offender is removed from our streets for a while.